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as in sketch
a picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene
his simple but striking delineations of Dutch landscapes
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as in description
a vivid representation in words of someone or something
a finely wrought delineation of a young couple's first experience with love and loss
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Recent Examples of delineation
This delineation casts other digital assets as more speculative instruments, lacking the unique status afforded to bitcoin.
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Edan Yago, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
There’s a user nervousness around what all the clever new tech is doing on our phones, and with Google maybe more than most, the delineation between on and off device is often lost.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
This delineation extends near Lakeway and Bee Cave.
—Isabela Ocampo Restrepo, Austin American-Statesman, 11 July 2024
It was also recently announced that a Green Lantern TV series has been greenlit, but it will be branded as an HBO original rather than Max due to a new content delineation HBO & Max boss Casey Bloys revealed to Variety in June.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 5 July 2024
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Edan Yago, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
There’s a user nervousness around what all the clever new tech is doing on our phones, and with Google maybe more than most, the delineation between on and off device is often lost.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
This delineation extends near Lakeway and Bee Cave.
—Isabela Ocampo Restrepo, Austin American-Statesman, 11 July 2024
It was also recently announced that a Green Lantern TV series has been greenlit, but it will be branded as an HBO original rather than Max due to a new content delineation HBO & Max boss Casey Bloys revealed to Variety in June.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 5 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delineation
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An orphan who lives with his grandparents, Albie and Sarah (Mark Hamill and Mia Sara), Chuck pads through a rather milquetoast coming-of-age sketch.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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There is a lot of music, dancing, trick plays and comedy sketches.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
4 June 2025
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This story contains graphic descriptions that some readers may find disturbing.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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Yet this description is incongruous with the footage being described.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
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Since 1979, The Connecticut Collection has grown to over 2500 works of art including items from a wall tapestry by Frank Stella, original prints by Anni Albers, an array of sculptures by Wolfgang Behl, and a drawing by Sol LeWitt.—
Andre Rochester,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2025
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These detailed drawings offer a glimpse into a building’s past.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
14 June 2025
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Even without all that, L.A. has a raft of problems on its hands, and the close-up at the moment is not a pretty portrait.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2025
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Rosenheim believes that early photographic portraits empowered working-class Americans.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 June 2025
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But amidst this necessary reckoning, depictions of joy and meaning have been lost.—
Samantha Mann,
Time,
5 June 2025
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Before that, Google was also forced to temporarily block Gemini's image generation capabilities after the AI model provided inaccurate outputs for historical depictions.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
4 June 2025
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With his tongue-in-cheek portrayal of himself, outlandish costumes (a wedding veil and a hair band adorned with chess pieces are among his more subtle accessories) and unabating love of drama, the Scottish multihyphenate has subverted the norms of TV host.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
13 June 2025
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Cruz, the son of an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador who came to the U.S. in the 1970s, said he’s angered by the federal government’s portrayal that anyone without documents living in the United States is a criminal.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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Takei hopes his graphic memoir – with bright colors and engaging illustrations by Harmony Becker, Justin Eisinger and Steven Scott – will reach audiences young and old.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
11 June 2025
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The home screen consists of large icons that are well-labeled and easily distinguished from each other by both color and illustration.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 June 2025
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Any federal agent using Clearview or an alternative can take the same footage and run facial images to find matches across photos scraped from social sites.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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All circled the same themes: surveillance, body image, sadism, hyperfemininity, male (heterosexual) desire and women’s obligation to fulfill it.—
Dayna Tortorici,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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“Delineation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delineation. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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